Preservation of Malaysian handicraft to support tourism development

• Main Authors: Hassan, Hasliza, Siow-Kian, Tan, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Sade, Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Inderscience 2016
• Subjects: HF Commerce; HF5001 Business. Business Administration
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49719/1/Int._J._Entrepreneurship_and_Small_Business%2C.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49719/2/International_Journal_of_Entrepreneurship_and_Small_Business_%28IJESB%29_-_Inderscience_Publishers.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49719/; http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijesb
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Handicraft depicting local culture and heritage is able to embellish tourism development. Instead of depending solely on government initiative, development of the handicraft industry can be driven by entrepreneurs. Handicraft skills among people in rural areas can benefit greatly from enhanced entr...